Patricia E. Salkin is an American jurist. She is the Provost of the Graduate and Professional Divisions of Touro College and the former (first woman) Dean of Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip, NY. Education and early career Salkin graduated from Albany Law School in 1988. After many years working at Albany Law School's Government Law Center, Salkin was appointed the Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law, as well as Associate Dean and Director of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School. Salkin co-chaired of the New York State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. She served as a member of the New York City Bar’s Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession, beginning with its initial formation in July 2012. She is a past chair of the American Association of Law School’s State & Local Government Law Section, and is the author of hundreds of books, articles and columns including a recent piece in the Journal of Legal Education on incorporating best practices into the teaching of land use law. She served an appointed member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Bar association work A member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, Salkin has held many leadership positions within both the ABA and the New York State Bar Association including: Past Chair of the ABA State and Local Government Section, Fellow of the ABA, and former member of the Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs (ABA); Past Chair of the NYSBA Municipal Law Section and Founding Member and Past Chair of the NYSBA Committee on Attorneys in Public Service; and she has chaired numerous NYSBA task forces including one focusing on: government ethics, eminent domain, and town and village justice courts. Scholarship A nationally recognized scholar on land use law and zoning, Salkin is the author of the popular blog, Law of the Land. Her land use publications include: The 4-volume 4th edition of New York Zoning Law & Practice (1999–present); the 5-volume 5th edition of American Law of Zoning (2008–present); Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale Companion (with Popper and Avitale)(2008); Land Use & Sustainable Development: Cases and Materials, 8th ed. (Thomson West) (with Nolon) (2012); Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell (Thomson Reuters) (with Nolon)